View Larger Map This morning’s Denver Post leads with a report about the decline of Denver’s murder rate in 2009, mirroring a national trend. But that hardly means slayings have become rarities in the metro area. Indeed, there were several during the last two weeks of the past decade, and…
Last time I checked, Aspen was still nominally associated with the rest of Colorado. But its legal system sometimes has about as much to do with what happens elsewhere in the state as, well, the microstate of Liechtenstein has to do with Madagascar–not much. And that’s plenty of reason for…
You may not remember Brian Bonsall, and that’s okay, because the former child actor doesn’t remember much either, at least when it comes to the night of December 5, when Boulder police say he hit his best friend repeatedly in the face with a broken stool. On Monday, Bonsall, who…
It wouldn’t be the holiday season without the annual appeal from John Ramsey for help solving the 1996 murder of his six-year-old daughter, JonBenét. Check out the latest announcement on his Fair Justice Foundation website and this video. Ramsey is asking “everyone to examine their consciences” and to “share any…
We’ve chronicled the story of disgraced One Lincoln Park developer Erik Osborn, who was accused of stealing from partners such as “Dealing Doug” Moreland and talk-show host Tom “Lou from Littleton” Manoogian, in a May feature article and a series of blogs accessible here. The latest development? Osborn has been…
Keeping a dog alive doesn’t seem like such a difficult task, but every once in a while a very dumb man discovers a new way to kill one. A while back, it was Quincy Vanderbilt, who left his dog in a closed-up car while his girlfriend tried out for American…
This time of the year is all about family. But that’s not always a good thing. Denver Police Department reps were called after an infant was checked into an area hospital with terrible injuries. Next step? DPD arrested the child’s parents, Travis Anderson, 26, and Crystal Eccleston, 27, for investigation…
The attempted armed robbery at The Healthy Choice Wellness Center yesterday was followed by lots of misinformation. For instance, Channel 7 initially reported that three people were transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries. But according to Denver Police Department spokesman Officer Joe J. Ramirez, the only person hurt…
There have been nine bank robberies in the Denver area this week, three each on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. With developments like this, it may seem like Colorado is getting overrun by stick-up artists — and, in actuality, that’s more or less the case. According to FBI Community Outreach Specialist…
The phrase “different strokes for different folks” takes on a repulsive meaning when applied to the alleged acts of one Wesley Cox. Cox was arrested in Boulder on Halloween after he broke into a couple’s home and videotaped them having sex. And it turns out this boinking session wasn’t the…
It’s starting to feel like the Wild West around here, with banks getting stuck up left and right. Monday, two banks got hit, with a third knocked over yesterday. The FBI believes the perpetrators of this last job, who’ve they’ve named the “Hopping Hooded Bandits” because of their attire and…
This past weekend, a man was found dead in a recycling bin located in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson. He was subsequently identified as Charles Moore Hardy. Now, Denver Police have made an arrest in the case. Teresa Rosemarie Harris, 35, is being held on a murder one charge…
Police photographers are seldom feted at gallery showings — but there’s no doubt the images they capture are consistently memorable. And often disturbing. Last Wednesday, we shared a photo gallery of the top Mile High Murder mug shots of 2009. Today, check out the most arresting images from our Colorado…
In less than an hour, Thaddeus Gonzalez is due in a Denver courtroom in relation to three sex-crime charges: two counts of sexual assault on a child and sexual assault — ten year age difference. But the Denver District Attorney’s Office isn’t sure the individuals involved in these three incidents,…
Welcome to the New Depression, when local banks are being robbed at a rapid pace — because, as Willie Sutton once said, that’s where the money is. Two banks were lightened of their loads on Monday. Yesterday, a US Bank branch at 10190 Colfax Avenue in Aurora got the stick-up…
View Larger Map There have been a rash of bodies found in Denver alleys lately, including Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54, and Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55. The latest, found in a recycling bin in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson,…
View Larger Map Quick developments in Mile High Murder No. 57, involving a body found alongside railroad tracks near the 5000 block of Fillmore, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Allisen…
It’s been a tough month so far for Bank of the West and TCF branches in the metro area. On December 2, masked gunmen held up a Bank of the West at 7995 East Hamden Avenue. Then, yesterday, a man did likewise at the BOTW outlet at 9150 Sheridan Boulevard…
In the battle over resentencing Edward Montour Jr., an inmate who faces possible execution for the 2002 murder of a corrections officer at the Limon prison, defense attorney David Lane has accused the death-penalty team of prosecutors in the office of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers of wanting to…
View Larger MapWhat is it with bodies turning up in alleys lately? Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54 last month, was located in an alley near 3356 Blake Street, while Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55, was found in an alley between the…
View Larger Map Early Sunday morning, the Denver Police Department responded to a call near the 5000 block of Fillmore Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Near some railroad tracks, they found a dead body that apparently…
Amadeus Harlan lived life like the Bronco player he claimed he was — driving fast cars, wooing ladies left and right, even setting up a community sports company based around his gridiron glory. Too bad it was all a lie, as Westword described in the January 2008 feature “Pro and…
